England Cricket hope to use the tour, which sees the Lions play two matches against a Cricket Australia XI and an unofficial four-day test match against Australia A, as part of preparations for next winter’s Ashes tour down under.
Andrew Flintoff calls up 16-year-old son for England Lions tour Flintoff’s son, Rocky, joins the 16-man squad for the January tour of Australia.
England Lions head coach, Andrew Flintoff, has called up his 16-year-old son Rocky to the squad which will tour Australia in January next year.
The all-rounder has been a consistent performer for the England Young Lions and joins a squad featuring test match players Shoaib Bashir, Tom Hartley and Josh Tongue.
The off-spinner, who has played 15 test matches, is expected to be England’s first-choice spinner for the Ashes tour and any experience he can get with the Lions will be beneficial.
